National Gay-Straight Alliance Day aims to recognize student groups

Here are some notable numbers from the Iowa Pride Network, the organization behind National GSA Day, which highlight the importance of GSA’s in schools. In schools with a GSA, students are:

25% are less likely to be verbally harassed because of their gender

23% less likely to skip class and 15% are less likely to not attend school because of feeling uncomfortable or unsafe

23% less likely to be physically assaulted because of their sexual orientation

21% more likely to report never having been sexually harassed at school

12% less likely to be physically harassed or assaulted because of their gender expression

10% less likely to be verbally or physically harassed because of their sexual orientation or gender expression and 10% more likely to report never being cyber-bullied because of their sexual orientation or gender expression